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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
[/COLOR]Could you cover your expenses with no income for six months? Do you think the average person can? Do you think this is easy to plan for on low wages and a high cost of living?
What are your thoughts on starvation and crimes related to poverty? Do you support the idea of debtors prisons?
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I can cover my expenses for more than 6 months. If the average person made it a goal to put savings aside instead of spending their income and then possibly maxing out their credit buying stuff they wanted, possibly. It may mean not living the lifestyle you like. You might end up with roommates, etc.
If someone steals something of significant value (not petty theft), then poor or not, as far as I am concerned they go to jail.
And no, I don't believe in debtors prisons.
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Originally Posted by Derwood
So we're back to the conservative meme of "the poor deserve to be poor".
Circle of life, Hakuna Matata
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Some do, some don't. I know a bright kid, 17 years old that's thinking about dropping out of his last year of high school. If he does, that's his problem.
Others don't. Stuff happens.
Regardless, the trillions the US government has spent on helping the poor over the last 40-50 years hasn't fixes the problem. Spending trillions more isn't going to fix it either.